This is a picture of a book, an old one, yes, but a book. Everyone would agree on that....But "online, the definition of a "book" grows to include blogs, research papers, and many other forms of writing"
What?? How is a blog a book? It's just short entries about the blogger's thoughts, it doesn't have a plot, or theme, or climax, or anything... And what about a research paper? How is a paper a book? There are books that are about research papers, and there are probably research papers about books, but how are the two the same thing? It just doesn't make sense.
Anyways, according to Mathew Ingram, the author of the article "Evolution of the E-Book: When Is a Book Not a Book?", the line between what people say is a book, and well, what people don't think is a book is a very thin line that's starting to blur around the edges.
Borders and Bookbrewer have decided to provide a service to allow bloggers, or basically anyone, to write and publish what could be considered an e-book, but it could be considered a long blog post. This idea is like the idea of Amazon's Singles: books that aren't books published by people who aren't authors.
but when you think about, the Borders and Bookbrewer and Kindle Singles aren't bad, they will provide many writers with a way to publish short pieces without having to go through a publisher and everything else it would take to publish a book.
to read the article "Evolution of the E-Book: When Is a Book Not a Book?", click here.
-Wenlan
1 comment:
Maybe I'm old-school, but I like the kind of books that have, you know, PAGES. Reading an ebook is still a foreign concept to me... This blogging ebook that's supported by Borders and Brookbrewer takes some of the magic out of writing, in my opinion. I understand that this medium makes it much easier for anyone to publish a book, but part of the charm of reading is that you know you're diving into something that's been filtered and edited -- leaving the reader with a polished piece from a professional writer. What do you think?
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